"Louisiana "La-yers" Peeps"

[Crimson Dove]

The two on the board in the first pic look like roos. The one in the front for sure but it's hard to see the one in the back. My guess is both are roos from this pic.
The two white birds on the ground next to the board and not on it, looks like pullets to me in this pic.
The bird in the 2nd pic I'm guessing is the same red/white bird in the first? My guess is this is a pullet as well based mainly on the 2nd pic.

The white birds look like they could be white rocks and the odd colored bird looks like a red star. A red star is a red roo like a RIR over a Delaware or a bird with the same coloring also know as a red comet.

That's my guess anyway,
Chris

Thank you soooo much...

I was thinking that the two big white ones were going to be the roos since they got so much bigger than the others so fast but I just wasn't sure. I know the hens are usually smaller and alot "sleeker" looking than the roos but since I had never dealt with chicks I didn't know what I was watching for and they honestly are at that stage where the feathers are coming in and the fluff is falling off so they just look like they have mange lol The breed honestly doesn't matter to me, it would just be nice to know. My daughters and I just thought it would be fun to raise our own chicks this year instead of just getting adults plus we have missed having chickens since we moved to Louisiana. I didn't realize though when getting chicks that I couldn't just get all hens and our neighbors said they don't mind us having chickens they just don't want to hear roos crowing at the crack of dawn.

 

[Chris Herzog]

Thank you soooo much...

I was thinking that the two big white ones were going to be the roos since they got so much bigger than the others so fast but I just wasn't sure. I know the hens are usually smaller and alot "sleeker" looking than the roos but since I had never dealt with chicks I didn't know what I was watching for and they honestly are at that stage where the feathers are coming in and the fluff is falling off so they just look like they have mange lol The breed honestly doesn't matter to me, it would just be nice to know. My daughters and I just thought it would be fun to raise our own chicks this year instead of just getting adults plus we have missed having chickens since we moved to Louisiana. I didn't realize though when getting chicks that I couldn't just get all hens and our neighbors said they don't mind us having chickens they just don't want to hear roos crowing at the crack of dawn.

Just keep an eye on their combs. The roos will turn red and you will start to see the wattles on the males before the hens. They won't start crowing for a while so you will have a lot of time to be sure before you get rid of anything.

Most places will sell just pullets (girls) or straight run (a mix of boys and girls). So keep that in mind if you order chicks but they do sometimes make mistakes.

Good thing your neighbor doesn't live by me. I have 7 crowing in the morning and a bunch that has not started yet. I also kind of like it!
Chris

 

[grambysfarm]

OMG! Julie, No wonder you complain about being overrun with those Muscovy ducks. Momma Muscovy duck just hatched her first clutch of eggs and came out of her doghouse yesterday with 18 of those little suckers trailing behind her.

Another thing, you should have warned us that those Momma ducks are EXTREMELY protective and aggressive. They are FAR worse than my geese. I steel the eggs from my geese all the time and all they ever do to me is fuss. I even pull them off of their nests and all I get from them is an ugly hiss. Ocassionally, one or two of them will grab my pants and try to pull me away from their nests. Other than that, I have NEVER been attacked by my geese because I'm messing with their nests. That Momma Muscovy, on the other hand, attacked me twice. Yesterday afternoon, after I discovered the newly hatched babies, I decided to catch the babies and bring them inside since we were expecting severe thunderstorms to come through overnight. That Momma duck first hissed and jumped on me when I started to grab her babies. I pushed her back and continued to grab babies. She then flew up on my head and pecked my head. I ended up holding Momma duck in one hand and grabbing the rest of the babies with my other hand. It was a fight to say the least.

Momma duck #2 is on a second nest. Now I know what to expect from them.

Gracie & Mike, I hatched my first buff saddleback of the year this morning.

This is only the second buff saddleback that I have ever hatched. Hoping to hatch a couple more this spring.

 

[Gracie9205]

OMG! Julie, No wonder you complain about being overrun with those Muscovy ducks. Momma Muscovy duck just hatched her first clutch of eggs and came out of her doghouse yesterday with 18 of those little suckers trailing behind her.

Another thing, you should have warned us that those Momma ducks are EXTREMELY protective and aggressive. They are FAR worse than my geese. I steel the eggs from my geese all the time and all they ever do to me is fuss. I even pull them off of their nests and all I get from them is an ugly hiss. Ocassionally, one or two of them will grab my pants and try to pull me away from their nests. Other than that, I have NEVER been attacked by my geese because I'm messing with their nests. That Momma Muscovy, on the other hand, attacked me twice. Yesterday afternoon, after I discovered the newly hatched babies, I decided to catch the babies and bring them inside since we were expecting severe thunderstorms to come through overnight. That Momma duck first hissed and jumped on me when I started to grab her babies. I pushed her back and continued to grab babies. She then flew up on my head and pecked my head. I ended up holding Momma duck in one hand and grabbing the rest of the babies with my other hand. It was a fight to say the least.

Momma duck #2 is on a second nest. Now I know what to expect from them.

Gracie & Mike, I hatched my first buff saddleback of the year this morning.

This is only the second buff saddleback that I have ever hatched. Hoping to hatch a couple more this spring.

Congrats! Have you noticed your buff gene to be sex linked? I might have to get a male from you if you hatch one instead of a female. Gotta get some new blood in my flock!

 

[mbmess2003]

How was the Watson sale today? Will be heading to O'Keefe's in the morning to see what it is all about. Still trying to wrap up renovations on the house so I can start on the coop.... have been building it in my head and changing it a couple times a day.

 

[grambysfarm]

Congrats! Have you noticed your buff gene to be sex linked? I might have to get a male from you if you hatch one instead of a female. Gotta get some new blood in my flock!

Gracie, the gene is sex linked. My original pair of saddlebacks were both gray saddlebacks. My buff female saddleback was hatched from this gray saddleback pair. During my first season with the sebbies, my gray saddleback goose died. Luckily, I hatched the buff female saddleback from the eggs she laid. I paired this buff female saddleback back to the father; therefore, because the father is a gray saddleback/split to buff and the mother is a buff saddleback, I am able to get buff saddlebacks in either sex. Last year was the first season that I bred them, although, I sold most of their eggs because incubating was a complete disaster since two of my incubators broke. One of the incubators that broke was loaded with my goose eggs. It was very discouraging not having good equipment to work with. The only gosling that I hatched from them last year was a gray male saddleback/split to buff. All of the gray saddleback males from this pair will be split to buff. In theory, I should could 50% gray saddlebacks and 50% buff saddlebacks in both sexes. Both parents are smooth breasted so their offspring will most likely be smooth as well. I'm trying to get buff curly saddlebacks. This year, I've paired the young gray saddleback/split to buff male with my best curly white goose. I'm hoping to get some nice curly offspring that I can breed back with the saddlebacks next year to get some curly buff saddleback offspring.

 

[Karpadm76]

I think we may have had our first casualty. We made sure the chickens were all in their coop last night and that it was secured, however this morning, the coop door was jostled to the side and one of the babies was out. The other is missing. No feathers strewn about, so it is possible she is still around, but I have looked. Hubs is going out to look now, but im not hopeful.

 

[grambysfarm]

I think we may have had our first casualty. We made sure the chickens were all in their coop last night and that it was secured, however this morning, the coop door was jostled to the side and one of the babies was out. The other is missing. No feathers strewn about, so it is possible she is still around, but I have looked. Hubs is going out to look now, but im not hopeful.

I'm so sorry. It's very heartbreaking when these things happen. I hope you find it.

 

[Karpadm76]

I'm so sorry. It's very heartbreaking when these things happen. I hope you find it.

We looked, she isn't here. There are some feathers on the inside of the coop door, so whatever got her must have gotten in and took her. I think we are going to build the elevated coop today. We planned on it and already made the cuts of the wood, but then decided this one was good enough so put it to the side. Guess we should have made it. Hind site is 20/20 right? It just kills me that all the frustration I went through with them being so sick, and FINALLY got them all better was for a flipping raccoon, cat, or something to have dinner. My silly dog was in the house and never made a sound. He is not a good roo. Hubs said he heard a tweet like the one she makes when mad because we picked her up and he didn't go check so he isn't a good roo either! Maybe I should get rid of both of them and go get a real roo!! LOL Grrr, I want to see her run up to Minnie and hide behind her like she always does!! I am so sad!!

 

[grambysfarm]

OMG! Julie, No wonder you complain about being overrun with those Muscovy ducks. Momma Muscovy duck just hatched her first clutch of eggs and came out of her doghouse yesterday with 18 of those little suckers trailing behind her.

Another thing, you should have warned us that those Momma ducks are EXTREMELY protective and aggressive. They are FAR worse than my geese. I steel the eggs from my geese all the time and all they ever do to me is fuss. I even pull them off of their nests and all I get from them is an ugly hiss. Ocassionally, one or two of them will grab my pants and try to pull me away from their nests. Other than that, I have NEVER been attacked by my geese because I'm messing with their nests. That Momma Muscovy, on the other hand, attacked me twice. Yesterday afternoon, after I discovered the newly hatched babies, I decided to catch the babies and bring them inside since we were expecting severe thunderstorms to come through overnight. That Momma duck first hissed and jumped on me when I started to grab her babies. I pushed her back and continued to grab babies. She then flew up on my head and pecked my head. I ended up holding Momma duck in one hand and grabbing the rest of the babies with my other hand. It was a fight to say the least.

Momma duck #2 is on a second nest. Now I know what to expect from them.

Gracie & Mike, I hatched my first buff saddleback of the year this morning.

This is only the second buff saddleback that I have ever hatched. Hoping to hatch a couple more this spring.

Julie, I do hope you know me well enough to realize that I'm just "yanking your chain".